McConaughey is Killer Joe

Emile Hirsch and Matthew McConaughey for black comedy Killer Joe…

Emile Hirsch and Matthew McConaughey have signed on to appear in black comedy Killer Joe.


The movie follow a brother and sister who hire a contract killer to bump off their mother for the life insurance.


Hirsch plays the scheming brother, while McConaughey will playf “Killer Joe” Cooper, who doubles as a police officer during the day.


William Friedkin will direct the picture, and Tracy Letts has penned the script.